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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In colonial America, who were the protectors and creditors of common farmers?
(a) The great planters.
(b) The merchants.
(c) The local government.
(d) The patrons.

2. Who was an important patron of Ben Franklin?
(a) Thomas Penn.
(b) David Hume.
(c) William Gouch.
(d) William Keith.

3. What was the highest class of British society called?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Hierarchy.

4. Who spoke for and was responsible for servants, slaves, and tenants?
(a) They were responsible for themselves.
(b) The head of the household.
(c) No one was responsible for them.
(d) The colonial government.

5. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 5%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?

2. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?

3. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?

4. What did Ben Franklin identify as the central political problems of his time?

5. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?

(see the answer key)

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